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  1. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides aeromedical care to patients during fixed-wing transport over vast distances to healthcare unavailable in rural or remote communities. This study examined the re...

    Authors: Matthew T. Haren, John Setchell, David L. John and Mark Daniel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:456
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Lack of adherence to international normalised ratio (INR) monitoring in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients is a contributor to cardio-embolic complications. This population-based observational study invest...

    Authors: Dylan D Barth, Liesl J Zühlke, Alexia Joachim, Tyler Hoegger, Bongani M Mayosi and Mark E Engel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Rising healthcare costs, an increasing general practitioner shortage and an aging population have made healthcare organization transformation a priority. To meet these challenges, traditional roles of non-medi...

    Authors: Ferdinand Bastiaens, Di-Janne Barten and Cindy Veenhof
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:102

  4. Increasing the performance of routine health information systems (RHIS) is an important policy priority both globally and in Senegal. As RHIS data become increasingly important in driving decision-making in Se...

    Authors: Pierre Muhoza, Haneefa Saleem, Adama Faye, Ibrahima Gaye, Roger Tine, Abdoulaye Diaw, Alioune Gueye, Almamy Malick Kante, Andrea Ruff and Melissa A. Marx
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:594
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Childhood obesity is a complex disease resulting from the interaction of multiple factors. The effective management of childhood obesity requires assessing the psychosocial and lifestyle factors that may play ...

    Authors: L. W. Koetsier, E. van den Eynde, E. G. A. H. van Mil, M. van der Velde, R. de Vries, C. A. Baan, J. C. Seidell and J. Halberstadt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:125
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. A substantial proportion of young people with Complex Chronic Conditions (CCCs) experience some degree of discontinuation of follow-up care, which is an umbrella term to describe a broken chain of follow-up. D...

    Authors: Sandra Skogby, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Bengt Johansson, Philip Moons and Eva Goossens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1343
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Functional somatic symptoms (FFS) and bodily distress disorders are highly prevalent across all medical settings. Services for these patients are dispersed across the health care system with minimal conceptual...

    Authors: Frank Röhricht, Carole Green, Maria Filippidou, Simon Lowe, Nicki Power, Sara Rassool, Katherine Rothman, Meera Shah and Nina Papadopoulos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:698
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Nutrition has been integrated within the health services in Bangladesh as it is an important issue for health and development. High penetration of mobile phones in the community and favourable policy and polit...

    Authors: Nazib Uz Zaman Khan, Sabrina Rasheed, Tamanna Sharmin, A. K. Siddique, Micheal Dibley and Ashraful Alam
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:530
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled huge challenges in health workforce governance in the context of public health emergencies in Africa. Several countries applied several measures to ensure access to qualified and...

    Authors: Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni and Kasonde Mwinga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:470
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. In Norway, as in many Western countries, a shift from institutional care to home care is taking place. Our knowledge is limited regarding which needs for nursing interventions patients being cared for in their...

    Authors: Gro Næss, Marit Kirkevold, Wenche Hammer, Jørund Straand and Torgeir Bruun Wyller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:645
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Patients have expressed a growing interest in having easy access to their personal health information, and internationally there has been increasing policy focus on patient and care records being more accessib...

    Authors: Gemma Louch, Abigail Albutt, Kate Smyth and Jane K. O’Hara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:581
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. In April/2009, the UK National Health Service initiated four Better Care Better Value (BCBV) prescribing indicators, one of which encouraged the prescribing of cheaper angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors ...

    Authors: Amanj Baker, Li-Chia Chen, Rachel A. Elliott and Brian Godman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:367
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Understanding the organisational set-up of physiotherapy services across different countries is increasingly important as clinicians around the world use evidence to improve their practice. This also has to be...

    Authors: Kamila Rasova, Jenny Freeman, Patricia Martinkova, Marketa Pavlikova, Davide Cattaneo, Johanna Jonsdottir, Thomas Henze, Ilse Baert, Paul Van Asch, Carme Santoyo, Tori Smedal, Antonie Giæver Beiske, Małgorzata Stachowiak, Mariusz Kovalewski, Una Nedeljkovic, Daphne Bakalidou…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:552
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Industrialized and welfare societies are faced with vast challenges in the field of healthcare in the years to come. New technological opportunities and implementation of welfare technology through co-creation...

    Authors: Etty R. Nilsen, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Monika Knudsen Gullslett and Tom Eide
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:657
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Providing accessible and high-quality patient-centered healthcare remains a challenge in many countries, despite global efforts to strengthen primary health care (PHC). Research and knowledge management are in...

    Authors: Daiana Bonfim, Lorrayne Belotti, Leticia Yamawaka de Almeida, Ilana Eshriqui, Sofia Rafaela Maito Velasco, Camila Nascimento Monteiro and Adelson Guaraci Jantsch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1380
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. Health-care quality in primary care depends largely on the appropriateness of General Practitioners’ (GPs; Primary Care or Family Physicians) decisions, which may be influenced by how difficult they perceive d...

    Authors: Nicola McCleary, Craig R Ramsay, Jill J Francis, Marion K Campbell and Julia Allan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:621
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Several countries have introduced generic substitution, but few studies have assessed its effect on refill adherence. This study aimed to analyse whether generic substitution influences refill adherence to sta...

    Authors: Henrik Trusell and Karolina Andersson Sundell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:626
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. According to the self-control model, self-control works as a protective factor and a psychological resource. Although an understanding of the effect(s) of peripheral neuropathy on quality of life is important ...

    Authors: Yu-Ri Park, Eun-Young Park and Jung-Hee Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:710
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Mental health presentations are considered to be a difficult aspect of emergency care. Although emergency department (ED) staff is qualified to provide emergency mental health care, for some, such presentation...

    Authors: Emily Saurman, Sue E Kirby and David Lyle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Despite evidence that decision and communication aids are effective for enhancing the quality of preference-sensitive decisions, their adoption in the field of orthopaedic surgery has been limited. The purpose...

    Authors: Kevin J Bozic, Kate Eresian Chenok, Jennifer Schindel, Vanessa Chan, James I Huddleston III, Clarence Braddock III and Jeffrey Belkora
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:366
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Maternal mortality has remained a challenge in many low-income countries, especially in Africa and in Nigeria in particular. This study examines the geographical and socioeconomic inequalities in maternal heal...

    Authors: Chijioke Okoli, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman and Rasheda Khanam
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:849
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Many Low-and-Middle-Income countries are considering reviewing their health financing systems to meet the principles of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). One financing mechanism, which has dominated UHC reforms...

    Authors: Timothy Abuya, Thomas Maina and Jane Chuma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:56
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Patients may decide to undertake shared care with a general practitioner (GP) during follow-up after treatment for localised melanoma. Routine imaging tests for surveillance may be commonly used despite no evi...

    Authors: Wei-Yin Lim, Robin M. Turner, Rachael L. Morton, Marisa C. Jenkins, Les Irwig, Angela C. Webster, Mbathio Dieng, Robyn P. M. Saw, Pascale Guitera, Donald Low, Cynthia Low and Katy J. L. Bell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:477
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Job satisfaction is a predictor of intention to stay and turnover among allied healthcare providers. However, there is limited research examining job satisfaction among allied health professionals, specificall...

    Authors: Laura D. Aloisio, Wendy A. Gifford, Katherine S. McGilton, Michelle Lalonde, Carole A. Estabrooks and Janet E. Squires
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:491
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. The quality of a care relationship between a client and a care professional is seen as fundamental if high-quality care is to be delivered. This study reviews studies about the determinants of the quality of t...

    Authors: Aukelien Scheffelaar, Nanne Bos, Michelle Hendriks, Sandra van Dulmen and Katrien Luijkx
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:903
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:456

  26. The growing burden of non-communicable diseases in middle-income countries demands models of care that are appropriate to local contexts and acceptable to patients in order to be effective. We describe a multi...

    Authors: Isabelle Risso-Gill, Dina Balabanova, Fadhlina Majid, Kien Keat Ng, Khalid Yusoff, Feisul Mustapha, Charlotte Kuhlbrandt, Robby Nieuwlaat, J.-D. Schwalm, Tara McCready, Koon K. Teo, Salim Yusuf and Martin McKee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:254
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Tanzania’s primary healthcare system suffers from a scarcity of financial and human resources that impedes its effectiveness to deliver dependable and uniform quality healthcare. Adherence to standard treatmen...

    Authors: Karin Wiedenmayer, Eva Ombaka, Baraka Kabudi, Robert Canavan, Sarah Rajkumar, Fiona Chilunda, Selemani Sungi and Manfred Stoermer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:272
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. The Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health (MOMI) project aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity within the year after childbirth in four sub-Saharan African countries. MOMI in...

    Authors: Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Anne Goujon, Halima Tougri, Abou Coulibaly, Olivier Degomme, Els Duysburgh, Marleen Temmerman and Seni Kouanda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:298
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Low birth weight (LBW) is an important factor influencing infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women should receive a variety of interventions during antenatal care (ANC) that are crucial in improving birt...

    Authors: Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Lin Nan and Lingxia Zeng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:558
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. To assess the utilization of and satisfaction with ophthalmic healthcare provided by integrated delivery system (IDS) since 2000 and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) for residents of an offshore island o...

    Authors: Li-Ju Chen, Yun-Jau Chang, Chun-Fu Shieh, Jy-Haw Yu and Ming-Chin Yang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:261
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Visual impairment is a global public health problem, with an estimated 285 million affected globally, of which 43% are due to refractive error. A lack of specialist eye care in low and middle-income countries ...

    Authors: Jennifer L. Y. Yip, Tess Bright, Sebastian Ford, Wanjiku Mathenge and Hannah Faal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:950
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Despite its popularity, the effectiveness of audit and feedback in support quality improvement efforts is mixed. While audit and feedback-related research efforts have investigated issues relating to feedback ...

    Authors: Daniel J. Wagner, Janet Durbin, Jan Barnsley and Noah M. Ivers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:803
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) remains a challenge in low and middle-income countries. Determinants of utilization occur – and often interact - at both individual and community levels, ...

    Authors: Wondwossen Lerebo, Steven Callens, Debra Jackson, Christina Zarowsky and Marleen Temmerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:181
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. The care sector is characterized by high absenteeism of nursing care employees due to illness. Organizational determinants that can affect the mental health of nurses are known. Although nurses are confronted ...

    Authors: Jasmin Lützerath, Hannah Bleier, Gerrit Stassen and Andrea Schaller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:100
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Using claims data to identify a predominant prenatal care (PNC) provider is not always straightforward, but it is essential for assessing access, cost, and outcomes. Previous algorithms applied plurality (prov...

    Authors: Songyuan Deng, Samantha Renaud and Kevin J. Bennett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:665
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. The lack of availability of skilled providers in low- and middle- income countries is considered to be an important barrier to achieving reductions in maternal and child mortality. However, there is limited re...

    Authors: Edward N. Okeke, Emma Pitchforth, Josephine Exley, Peter Glick, Isa Sadeeq Abubakar, Amalavoyal V. Chari, Usman Bashir, Kun Gu and Obinna Onwujekwe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:356
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The assessment of the quality of mammography services delivered in organized breast cancer screening programs should include measures centered on women’s perceptions. The objective of this study was to develop...

    Authors: Isabelle Bairati, Stéphane Turcotte, Geneviève Doray, France Belleau and Louise Grégoire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. Among the CVDs, acute vascular events (AVE) mainly ischemic heart diseases and stroke are the largest contributors. To achieve 25% redu...

    Authors: Shyfuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Ashique Haider Chowdhury, Md. Alfazal Khan, Nafisa Lira Huq and Aliya Naheed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:47
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  40. There is an on-going debate about whether to perform surgery on early stage localised prostate cancer and risk the common long term side effects such as urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Alternati...

    Authors: Florian Koerber, Raphaela Waidelich, Björn Stollenwerk and Wolf Rogowski
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:163
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Incentive-based programs represent a promising approach for health insurers to encourage health-promoting behaviours. However, little is known about the value for money of such programs. This study aimed to de...

    Authors: Jaimie-Lee Maple, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Kylie Ball, Megan Teychenne and Marj Moodie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:932
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Previous qualitative studies exploring the experiences of community pharmacists (CP) in implementing weight management services (WMS) often lack a theoretical underpinning. This study applied the capability, o...

    Authors: Ali Qais Blebil, Pui San Saw, Juman Abdulelah Dujaili, K. C. Bhuvan, Ali Haider Mohammed, Ali Ahmed, Fatima Zohreine Houssenaly, Bassam Abdul Rasool Hassan, Anisha Kaur and Rohullah Roien
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:929
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Authors: Maryse Guav, Paule Clément, Carole Vanier, Sandie Briand, Cécile Michaud, Chantal Boulet, Joane Désilets, Fernand Guillemette, Eve Dubé, Nicole Boulianne, Jacques Lemaire, Monique Landry and Geneviève Baron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 2):P52
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  44. More people are surviving stroke but are living with functional limitations that pose increasing demands on their families and the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which ...

    Authors: Adebimpe O. Obembe, Lisa A. Simpson, Brodie M. Sakakibara and Janice J. Eng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. The ability to sustain comprehensive primary health care (PHC) services in the face of change is crucial to the health of rural communities. This paper illustrates how one service has proactively managed chang...

    Authors: Penny Buykx, John S Humphreys, Rachel Tham, Leigh Kinsman, John Wakerman, Adel Asaid and Kathy Tuohey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:81
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  48. Surgeons and nurses sometimes perceive a high workload on the surgical wards, which may influence admission decisions and staffing policy. This study aimed to explore the relative contribution of various patie...

    Authors: Catharina J. van Oostveen, Hester Vermeulen, Els J. M. Nieveen van Dijkum, Dirk J. Gouma and Dirk T. Ubbink
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:395
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Chronic pain is a widespread problem that is usually approached by focusing on its psychological aspects or on trying to reduce the pain from the pain generator. Patients report that they feel responsible for ...

    Authors: Johan Hambraeus, Kjerstin S. Hambraeus and Klas-Göran Sahlen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:604
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Case management has been suggested as a way of improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of support for people with dementia. In this study we adapted and implemented a successful United States’ model of ca...

    Authors: Claire Bamford, Marie Poole, Katie Brittain, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Chris Fox, Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe and Louise Robinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:549
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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